The nineteenth century constructing is being marketed as a “distinctive growth/restoration alternative”
St Saviour’s Parish Church in Bacup(Picture: Rightmove)
A historic church which closed its doorways almost 20 years is up on the market for simply £25,000.
The previous St Saviour’s Parish Church in New Line, Bacup, is being marketed as a “distinctive growth/restoration alternative”, nonetheless potential consumers are being warned that the nineteenth century constructing is “severely dilapidated and requires a serious refurbishment to convey it as much as a usable state”.
As soon as a really well-attended church, it shut in 2007 and is now a shell of its former glory. Because of falling sufferer to vandalism, the constructing has been boarded up for a while with graffiti daubed on its partitions, stained glass home windows smashed and its organ stripped naked, LancsLive studies.
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The itemizing on Rightmove from agent Kirkham Property states: “Located simply off the principle street in an elevated place is that this stone constructed church and premises, comprising of a conventional structure extending to roughly 500 sq. metres to incorporate the principle church and aisles, the transcept, chancel, organ loft and choir gallery.
“There may be an extra indifferent outbuilding/Sunday faculty which gives an additional 112.5 sq. metres of constructed space, plus there are extensively woodland grounds adjoining to Stubbylee Park and a gated driveway entry to the principle automotive park space.
“The property briefly includes entrance porch, nave and aisles (237 sq. m) chancel/alter (54.1 sq. m) organ loft (16.8 sq. m) transcept (4.4 sq. m) and sacristy (17.27 sq. m), totalling a web inside space of roughly (329.47 sq. m) plus a choir gallery offering for an additional 122.5 sq. m.
“Sale conditional upon purchaser acquiring planning and listed constructing consent for the use and alterations, restrictive covenants, the Church Commissioners making and bringing a Pastoral (Church Buildings Disposal) Scheme into impact and agreeing the way forward for any burials/monuments or tombstones.
“The distributors reserve the fitting to take away any of the stained-glass home windows, pews, the pulpit, the stone font and different furnishings previous to completion (Topic to listed constructing consent the place acceptable). The distributors additionally reserve the fitting to take away the wall mounted memorials previous to completion, along with the opposite contents within the church.
“The property is severely dilapidated and requires a serious refurbishment to convey it as much as a usable state.”
The church has beforehand been the topic of planning functions, together with in 2010 when it was proposed to show the constructing into eight residences. Nonetheless residential conversion plans did not proceed.
